By Greenberg H.B. No. 1555 75R6821 MCK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to inspection of child-care facilities. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, 1-5 is amended by adding Sections 42.0441-42.0443 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 42.0441. INSPECTION RESULTS. Immediately after 1-7 completing an inspection of a child-care facility under Section 1-8 42.044, the authorized representative of the division shall review 1-9 the results of the inspection with a representative of the facility 1-10 and give the facility an opportunity to respond to the inspection 1-11 results. 1-12 Sec. 42.0442. COORDINATION OF INSPECTIONS; ELIMINATION OF 1-13 DUPLICATIVE INSPECTIONS. (a) The department shall coordinate 1-14 child-care facility inspections performed by an agency or 1-15 subdivision of the state to eliminate redundant inspections. 1-16 (b) An inspection of a child-care facility conducted by an 1-17 agency or subdivision of the state may not duplicate an inspection 1-18 conducted by another agency or subdivision. The department shall 1-19 assign items that may be inspected by more than one agency or 1-20 subdivision of the state to only one agency or subdivision. 1-21 (c) The department, with the assistance of the comptroller, 1-22 by rule shall adopt each inspection form used in inspecting a 1-23 child-care facility by an agency or subdivision of the state. The 1-24 forms must be designed to eliminate redundant inspections. 2-1 Sec. 42.0443. INSPECTION INFORMATION DATABASE. (a) The 2-2 department shall establish a computerized database containing the 2-3 information from each inspection of a child-care facility. 2-4 (b) After an agency or subdivision of the state inspects a 2-5 child-care facility, the agency or subdivision shall submit the 2-6 completed inspection form to the department. The department shall 2-7 add the information from the inspection to the computerized 2-8 database. 2-9 SECTION 2. (a) Not later than January 1, 1998, the 2-10 Department of Protective and Regulatory Services shall establish a 2-11 pilot program in a medium-sized city selected by the department 2-12 that would allow a child-care facility inspector in the field: 2-13 (1) to access the information in the Department of 2-14 Protective and Regulatory Services's computerized inspection 2-15 database and update the database with a laptop computer as the 2-16 inspector inspects a child-care facility; and 2-17 (2) to provide the child-care facility with a printed 2-18 completed inspection form immediately after an inspection. 2-19 (b) Not later than January 15, 1999, the Department of 2-20 Protective and Regulatory Services shall report to the legislature 2-21 regarding the effectiveness of the pilot program established under 2-22 this section. 2-23 (c) This section expires September 1, 1999. 2-24 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-25 (b) Not later than September 15, 1997, each agency or 2-26 subdivision of the state that inspects child-care facilities shall 2-27 submit a copy of the inspection form used by the agency or 3-1 subdivision to the Department of Protective and Regulatory 3-2 Services. 3-3 (c) The Department of Protective and Regulatory Services 3-4 shall adopt the inspection forms required by this Act not later 3-5 than January 1, 1998. 3-6 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 3-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.